Meet the Team.
Established in 2021, Mission Renewable is run by a unique mix of professionals with a shared passion for helping service leavers, veterans, military spouses, and reservists to access new employment pathways within the renewables sector.
James Cameron, Chief Executive Officer
James joined the Army in 1995, serving 17 years including five operational tours in the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan, latterly commanding the Armoured Group in 2010-2011 for which he was mentioned in Dispatches. He founded the Forces' Motorsport Charity while serving in 2012. The charity, in partnership with the Royal Foundation, delivers the award winning ‘Mission Automotive’ initiative – the UK Automotive industry’s Armed Forces Engagement initiative. In 2021 he led the team that developed Mission Renewable, a new Armed Forces Engagement Programme to the Renewable Industry.
Jonathan Marks, Mission Renewable Programme Manager
Jonathan came into the world of the Armed Forces charity sector in 2016, when he was employed at the Poppy Factory, as a Project Manager and Business Analyst, working for a pan-organisation collaboration WIS Veterans Employment Group. He then went to work as a PMO Project Manager for Help for Heroes, followed by PMO Business Partner at the Royal British Legion. He had previously worked in different roles at the University of Oxford, finishing as a Project Manager in IT Services. Jonathan is now getting stuck into this venture as Programme Manager of Mission Renewable.
Duncan Forde, Armed Forces Engagement Lead
‘Duncan joined the RAF in 1985, serving 24 years, mainly in Logistics. Subsequently he worked in the NHS Primary Care arena for a number of years, as well as in private Education and also British Airways. Alongside his career roles he has worked as an expert witness, supporting veterans who have been wounded and/or injured. Duncan joined Mission Renewable in July 2023 and is tasked with promoting the benefits of employing members of the Armed Forces Community in the Renewable Energy industry
Ed Tilston, Commercial Consultant
Ed joined us from the automotive industry where he spent 18 years in various marketing and commercial roles at Jaguar Land Rover. Ed’s enduring passion for armed forces engagement came from sponsoring a number of activities, most notably the inaugural Invictus Games in 2014, and from seeing first-hand the mutual advantage to both business and veterans of re-employing those who have served.
Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, Chair
General Richard Nugee was commissioned into the British Army in 1986. He completed operational tours of Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Cyprus and Afghanistan. He also specialised in personnel (HR) roles culminating in Chief of Defence People. He spent his final year writing a Review of Defence's approach to Climate Change and Sustainability, and is now the Non Executive Director for Climate Change for Defence.
He is Chair of the Royal NAAFI Board, Director of his own Strategic Advisory Company, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and is Patron, Chair and Trustee of a number of organisations.